First Person: Life’s a drag

May 1, 2008

CNJ staff photo: Liliana Castillo Eldon Russ and his family share a love for drag racing.

By Liliana Castillo: CNJ staff writer

Eldon Russ, 52, and his family spend time working on cars, racing cars, and building engines for cars. Russ, a Fort Sumner native, will be at Roswell’s drag strip Area 51 Friday to take part in an episode of Pass Time, a television program on the Speed Channel.